Your weekly guide to the best bobbleheads, giveaways, and promotions across MLB and MiLB — plus which series are worth watching.
Coverage Window: Friday, August 7 – Thursday, August 13, 2026
🔥 Notable Series This Week
Royals @ Dodgers · August 10–12 · Los Angeles The Royals visit Chavez Ravine for a midweek series and the first leg of The August Blockbuster — four bobbleheads in six days without leaving Southern California. Monday delivers the Max Muncy Game 7 home run bobble, the rest of the trip flexes around it. Even without giveaway pressure, Royals-Dodgers is one of those quiet World Series-vibes matchups since the franchises met in 2014.
Rangers @ Angels · August 11–13 · Anaheim Mickey Mouse Bobblehead Wednesday makes this the highest-demand giveaway night of the week. Disney crossover bobbles consistently pull a different audience than every other Angels giveaway, and the parking lot has a Disneyland energy. Texas in town as the cherry on top.
🏆 Top MLB Giveaways
| Date | Team | Giveaway | City | Type |
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| Fri 8/7 | Cardinals | Joe & Jack Buck Bobblehead | St. Louis, MO | Bobblehead |
| Sun 8/9 | White Sox | Shoeless Joe Jackson Bobblehead | Chicago, IL | Bobblehead |
| Mon 8/10 | Dodgers | Max Muncy "Game 7 Home Run" Bobblehead | Los Angeles, CA | Bobblehead |
| Wed 8/12 | Angels | Mickey Mouse Bobblehead | Anaheim, CA | Bobblehead |
| Wed 8/12 | Braves | Javy López Bobblehead | Atlanta, GA | Bobblehead |
| Sat 8/8 | White Sox | Ozzie Guillén Replica Jersey | Chicago, IL | Jersey |
| Mon 8/10 | Blue Jays | Back-to-Back Replica Statue | Toronto, ON | Statue |
| Mon 8/10 | Braves | The Crossover Jersey Collection: Michael Harris II Football | Atlanta, GA | Jersey |
| Tue 8/11 | Braves | Spencer Strider Vol. 3 Vinyl Record | Atlanta, GA | Vinyl |
| Tue 8/11 | White Sox | White Sox Pope Hat | Chicago, IL | Hat |
The Joe & Jack Buck double-bobblehead is the deep-cut pick of the week. Father-and-son broadcasters in one piece, celebrating the voices that defined Cardinals baseball across two generations. Double bobbleheads are rare; ones honoring a broadcasting lineage are basically unique.
🎆 Best Fireworks Nights
Friday August 7 has 48 fireworks shows across MLB and MiLB — a heavy Friday but well below the Labor Day weekend density coming in three weeks.
| Date | Team | City | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 8/7 | Royals | Kansas City, MO | Fireworks Friday |
| Fri 8/7 | Pirates | Pittsburgh, PA | Zambelli Fireworks Night #5 |
| Fri 8/7 | IronPigs | Allentown, PA | Friday Night Fireworks |
| Fri 8/7 | Tides | Norfolk, VA | Fireworks Friday |
⚾ MiLB Spotlight
Saturday August 8 is the loaded MiLB Saturday of the week — seven bobbleheads on the same night, three of them MLB-star throwbacks at their old affiliates.
| Date | Team | Giveaway | City | Why It's Worth It |
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| Fri 8/7 | AquaSox | Randy Johnson Bobblehead | Everett, WA | The Big Unit at his old short-season home |
| Sat 8/8 | Emperors | Drake Baldwin Bobblehead | Rome, GA | Braves rookie catcher at his old A-ball park |
| Sat 8/8 | Chiefs | Alec Burleson Bobblehead | Peoria, IL | Cardinals outfielder at his old Single-A |
| Sat 8/8 | RubberDucks | Mike Vrabel Bobblehead | Akron, OH | Three-time Super Bowl champion in MiLB form. Ohio crossover. |
| Sat 8/8 | Stripers | Chris Sale Bobblehead | Lawrenceville, GA | Braves ace at the Triple-A affiliate |
| Sat 8/8 | Naturals | Bobby Witt Jr. Bobblehead | Springdale, AR | Royals MVP candidate at his old Double-A |
| Sat 8/8 | Lugnuts | Leo De Vries Wizard Bobblehead | Lansing, MI | Padres prospect in wizard form. Yes, wizard. |
| Sat 8/8 | Hooks | Michael Coffin Talking Bobblehead | Corpus Christi, TX | Audio mechanism — rare format |
| Tue 8/11 | Fightin Phils | Rocky Colavito Reading Indians Bobblehead (2,500) | Reading, PA | Hall of Fame era piece, capped at 2,500 |
| Tue 8/11 | Spartanburgers | Anthony Gutiérrez Big League Chew Bobblehead | Spartanburg, SC | Big League Chew sponsorship + prospect |
| Tue 8/11 | Whitecaps | Tarik Skubal Bobblehead | Comstock Park, MI | Tigers ace at his old A-ball park |
| Wed 8/12 | Sea Dogs | Cooper Flagg Bobblehead | Portland, ME | Maine's basketball phenom in a Sea Dogs uniform |
| Thu 8/13 | IronPigs | Chris P. Bacon Bobblehead | Allentown, PA | The IronPigs' iconic mascot — Day 1 of the I-95 Express trip (guide) |
The Cooper Flagg piece keeps building the cross-sport story the Sea Dogs have been telling all summer. A future #1 NBA pick on a MiLB bobble, in his home state — collector value isn't the only point, but it's there.
The Mike Vrabel bobble at Akron is the Ohio-specific pull — three Super Bowl rings, currently coaching the Patriots, getting his bobblehead from a Double-A affiliate one state over. MiLB at its best.
🏀 WNBA Side Trip
| Date | Team | Giveaway | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 8/12 | Golden State Valkyries | Violet Bobblehead (first 10,000) | San Francisco, CA |
The expansion Valkyries are running this their inaugural season, which makes it a first-year-franchise collector's piece by default. Detailed in our Beyond Baseball coverage.
📍 The Bobblehead Road Trip
Southern California Monday → Wednesday: 2 Bobbleheads, 2 Stadiums, 30 miles apart
| Date | Team | Bobblehead | Location | Distance from Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 8/10 | Dodgers | Max Muncy Game 7 HR | Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA | — |
| Wed 8/12 | Angels | Mickey Mouse | Angel Stadium, Anaheim, CA | ~30 mi |
This is the opening two-step of the August Blockbuster — the anti-road-trip where SoCal delivers four bobbleheads in six days with sixty total freeway miles.
🎯 Don't Sleep On...
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White Sox (Sun 8/9): Shoeless Joe Jackson Bobblehead. One of the more controversial figures in baseball history rendered in plastic on the South Side. Historical-context giveaway with an audience that goes well beyond the current White Sox roster.
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Cardinals (Fri 8/7): Joe & Jack Buck Bobblehead. Father-son broadcaster double bobble. The kind of one-off design that becomes a Cardinals shelf staple.
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Lugnuts (Sat 8/8): Leo De Vries Wizard Bobblehead. Top Padres prospect in wizard form. We don't get many fantasy-themed bobbles of real prospects. Lansing finds a way.
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Sea Dogs (Wed 8/12): Cooper Flagg Bobblehead. The crossover that traveled. Future #1 pick, in Maine, on a baseball bobble. A piece of Maine sports history regardless of what Flagg does in the league.
The August Blockbuster road trip officially kicks off Monday. If you've been thinking about it, this is your week.